Birmingham Metropolitan Colege Reviews

I am a student at Sutton Coldfield College and I'm very pleased with the staff's attitude and there commitment to helping students get the grades that they need.

In all fairness, I applied for A LEVELS and ended up doing one instead of three because they were turned into btecs. In addition to this, health and social care hasn't been a great subject I chose as it's very unprofessional when coming to coursework! It's really disappointing! Another disappointing aspect is the complaint system the college use, on serveral occasions I've made complains about a subject, nothing was done on all occasions even when we were told to make a "formal" complaint we were then told what we did was not a "formal" complaint. We was left confused by health and social care as our teacher disappeared after Christmas leaving us with numerous cover teachers. Only now have we been given a permanent teacher. Another aspect about this college is the librarian, when on college breaks and we're doing work, if we even speak to ask a question to our peer from our subject we get told to leave for being too loud. However, on the bright side most teachers take responsibility and they teach well.

I am very thankful to the security at the college as they have made me feel very safe and have helped me a lot if i have had a difficult situation. They always walk round with a smile and ask me how i'm doing. They make me feel very welcome and happy at this college. I am thankful for all the support I have received and I know that if I ever needed someone to talk to I can go to the welfare team so thank you for making my time at college very enjoyable.

Currently studying UPS at Sutton college. We have recently come back from a great residential trip to Wales. It was great to have the opportunity to take part in canyoning, paintball in, Wight water rafting, climbing up snowdon and beach sports. The staff always keep us on our toes and motivate us. Looking forward to the next trip.

In my experience, I think this is a good college however it could be better organised.

I am in my second year of A levels at Sutton college, studying maths, psychology and anthropology. My experience at this college has been amazing - the teachers make the lessons interesting and always ensure that everyone understands the content, and support each individual student to achieve their potential. Furthermore, my teachers have been extremely supportive in terms of some personal problems I've been having, and have gone out of their way to support my own wellbeing. I have also found that there is a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere throughout the college.

I've been 4 years in the college studying sports and it has been amazing.The staff really help you with anything you need and they are very friendly.

In my opinion, is the best Campus. Teachers are very friendly and ready to help.

It's strange how Sutton campus is constantly being reviewed here with specific names pippipoup again and again. This leads me to believe that many learners are being coerced into writing these reviews for these names individuals. I attended this college and know for sure how bad it is. It attracts students who were not able to get into the better colleges and low performing individuals from schools. Rated three by Ofsted again.

The interview procedure seems very disorganised. My stepson has had 2 interviews there, recently, and on both occasion he had to wait at least 30 minutes after his appointment time before they came to interview him. Rather than interviewing people in small numbers, they seem to have "interview evenings" where they get maybe a hundred people in for interviews. Quite simply, they can't cope with the workload on the evening.

Terrible college and the worst I have ever been. Fix this so called mambo jambo college

Great college, friendly atmosphere and good teaching and learning.

The college is very good. It is safe and has a lot of friendly people. The teachers are nice and their teaching is good. Customer services are very helpful and are willing to help in any situation.

Good college with exceptional facilities. A Level subjects are taught at a very good standard with teachers who genuinely care for their pupils education.

Terrible service. Nobody s wants to know about the problem i had which was not receiving my certificate from last year. The person who s meant to be head of the education on my course hasn t helped once doesn t even bother answering the phone or emails. Overall it s like talking to a brick wall that covers their owns backs when got a problem.

After my second year here I can officially say this is literally the WORST school I've ever known, they can't teach, the kids can't learn, the college's only saving grace is the slightly attractive male that works there.
Honestly if I had a choice I would have chosen somewhere else, maybe BOA or something like that.
Sort out your act because my kids will never come here, you have systematically ruined thousands of careers and you should be ashamed.
If you want my BMC ask, I'll gladly own up to trashing this place, because y'all suck the meat.
K bye tah babe.

overall my experience at this college has been enjoyable and my lecturers have been of immense support during these stressful two years (shoutout to James Mathias, Dave Latham, and Sally Latham).

OMG SUPPOSED TO START NEW TERM TODAY, WHAT A COCK UP NO TEACHERS, NO LESSONS , WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO ????

I am currently in my second year, studying A Levels, and I am very happy with the experiences I have had, and the friends I have made here. All of my tutors have been supportive and have offered help of I've needed any.

i just rang to see if they do nvq level 3 hairdressing they only do it for 16-19yesr old's that is discusting what happend to equal opps

Some students clearly are immune to covid 19 judging by the amount of them not wearing masks on the x4 bus.

Good college, avoid going to the Costa shop there however as the man who served me was very rude for no reason. Complete lack of manners and very sarcastic.

The college is really good, with teachers that are very supportive and helpful.

Terrible college high redundancy rates, no point working there. Company low on funds and low on education rates. No stars only gave a star to get the message across. There running it into the ground

Most of the teachers are responsible, but some teachers in certain departments are immature and unprofessional. I've had my assignment lost by my teacher and I've been told the problem was that I "didn't have copies". They don't take responsibility for their own actions. I've tried numerous times to contact a higher authority by complaining, but nothing happend. We was left in the middle of our course by our teacher, and we haven't had a good permanent teacher until now, because of shortages in staff.
However, most of the teachers are super friendly and care about you. Also, the security guards take their role seriously which makes you feel safe.

My experience at Sutton Coldfield College has been positive so far. I enjoy all my lessons, and I find that the teachers are extremely helpful. I recommend this to anyone who's looking for a decent college. :)

Having a good expeience at this college. My teachers James M & Elaine C are very great & supportive.

Have been an A level student here since September 2015 and have found my overall experience good. Teachers are supportive and overall standard of teaching is high. Head of A-levels and psychology teacher James Mathias is excellent, providing good course structures and materials.

Giving this place a one star is generous. They preach about diversity and inclusion, yet that seems to be propaganda to promote their college. If you have any disability, I urge you to consider somewhere else that you will like and feel more included. The security is lacking and unprofessional - a criminal could get in and you'd be completely unaware. My time here was hellish and unwelcoming - and I'm not exaggerating, in fact, I'm understating. If you want a prospering college that has all your wants and needs, look somewhere else because you'll find none of the above in that poor excuse for a college.

Just completed 2 assessors (TAQA) awards with the college and I found the help and support fantastic. The tutor was really helpful, library staff really helpful and there was a high level of support. I studied at Sutton Campus and it was clean, friendly and not over crowded.

I study A levels at this college. My experience has been pleasant and very supportive. I would reccomend it to anyone willing to put the effort of A levels.

My time at Sutton Coldfield college has been great and that is mainly thanks to Ben Mortiboys who I would describe as the perfect teacher and an absolute legend.

Never had books ,U walk in on the 6th floor ,you can smell the stench of shxt and faeces everywhere,gym was small ,no actives with sports ,Food was over priced aswell

Great tutors and good atmosphere. The manufacturing labs have all the required machines and they also have great welding bays.

There are many facilities available to help complete work and support is there if needed. There are many opportunities to progress both with and without teachers help.

Not a good college for those studying non-A level subjects. They lie and take your money. There were also racist incidents where an ILEX law student told me to go back to my country. Oh well that's life I guess for someone who happens to be non-white. There were some issues with the timetables as well, lessons canceled or no room available. Oh I had to buy my own textbooks too. I wish I had not wasted 2 years studying here. ;_;

Well..
I literally have nothing to say except S*it!!
I mean the year has just started for me there and I already hate how the staff has been interacting with the students.
Not to mention the student services that take such a Looooooong time to even sort the travel pass matter out! It took me 1 hour to claim it!!!

Pros: College has many courses to study with teachers that are ok at teaching.
Cons: The technology at this college , is Atrocious! Old computers that were probably bought in 2007.
Rooms between floor 5 and 6, have no windows! so you need to have at least 3 fans in a room to keep the temperature at a regulative level (Architects who designed this room, have no idea what window are apparently). Towards summer, rooms become so hot, it's almost feels like you're going to faint.

I'm in my second year at Bmet Sutton Campus and I have learnt a lot, studying sport has been a great experience here, the basketball coaches have improved my game and our season went well. The sports department is very supportive and the I have learnt a lot from all the interesting units. Would recommend the college for future sports students.

No spaces to study but money for pool table in common room
Library/LRC always busy&noisy
College ran out of paper half way through the year
Some A level teachers got sacked so students had to study elsewhere temporarily
A level English teacher was never in,just clicked through powerpoints (which we didnt even have time to finish note-taking off) Constantly rude
Always freezing in classrooms because radiators were always off
Canteen too small and short staffed resulting in queue always coming out of canteen
Staff go round asking students to write positive reviews online
Classrooms were always limited and sometimes overbooked
Wasted revision time being sent to tutorial and 1 2 1's

Great place to study. Teachers are friendly and helpful. Good art block.

I have been student here for quite a long time and I feel safe and secure around the campus, Dan and his team doing a great ensure that everyone feels the same. The staff members are very friendly and kind, and are always ready to help the students. My overall experience at the college is great and would definition recommend the college to future students.

This college is fantastic, the support you get from teachers is great l, it will be a lot to take in, but if u are really committed and want to do well then this is a great College for you.

Do not let your kids go here, this place makes your state of mind all wrong due to the college no caring if they mess you around!!

Where do I begin? This college has to be one of the worst. My experience has been nothing but torture for two years of my life, a wasted two years. I have hardly learned anything in my time here, other than the fact the college is just awful.

I got here on my first day and everything seemed pretty cool, everything was going well, but then the problems began... Two of our lecturers left the college for an unspecified amount of time (understandable medical reasons), and we were left with no lecturers to teach our lessons two months. TWO MONTHS where we had nobody, the organisation of this college is shocking, almost non-existent. When they finally pulled their finger out to give us cover, they were nothing short of terrible. One lecturer had to Google search each lesson before he began, this lecturer had been teaching this subject for over a decade by the way. The other was just horrible, didn't have a damn clue. I don't know how but I managed to pull through the year.

The second year has been more of the same, coming to sign up for the second year they somehow enrolled me into Matthew Boulton campus, despite the fact that I have been at Sutton Coldfield campus for the whole of the first year, good start. the teacher who left last year came back for this year... Then left after a month for good. He had a mental breakdown in the lesson and left. Throwing the class back into a very familiar position.

Most of the staff here are just unhelpful, they blunder around a lot. The staff in the canteen are just clueless, one woman needed a calculator to work out what 10 - 2 was, this didn't help my view of this place, especially after everything that has happened to our class. They also never seem to have beans, like ever.

The only upside is that Dagen was one of the most helpful people in this place, once he became aware of our situation he did everything he could to try and resolve the problem. Once it hit the fan again he actually stepped in to teach us personally, and he really is a great teacher. Quite frankly, one of the few good things about this place and it is a shame.

This college has caused me to almost hate a subject that I had a lot of love for. If you have any interest in courses here please just don't, I would hate for any more lives to be thrown around and ruined by this hell hole. It's a horrible and depressing mess.

Fantastic college!! Really enjoy studying her. Sociology is my favourite subject- shout out to Stephen

For the past 2 and half years since i've left school. I've been doing Apprenticeships in the Business Department. Firstly Business Administration and Customer service with Jane Lemm who was an amazing assessor and got me all the help i needed to pass the qualifications. I also completed ICT level 1. I'm currently working as a team leader and my new assessor is Chris Rademacher and also doing ICT level 2 at Birmingham College. I've only started my team leading apprenticeship a few weeks ago and have already been enter into a aspiring talent award for Birmingham! The great thing about my teachers are you can tell its not just about the wage for them, they really care about getting the best future and results for there students. All the college class's i've attended have been amazing and a new learning experience, they always made sure i've achieved my goals! The college has made me feel welcome and apart of their team. Im very grateful for learn with BMET, Teachers are greet! Work is Great! Environment is Great. I honestly have nothing bad to say as if there has ever been a problem or issue its always been resolved, so we can get the best out of the opportunities given. I like to say a big thank you to Jane and Chirs for being such great roll models to me.

The Student Welfare team and Dan are really supportive when it comes to helping their students. They ensure the students safety and always walk around with a smile on their faces. This makes me and other student feel comfortable when walking into this relaxed environment which others may find rather daunting. I am currently attending Sutton College doing a Health and Social Care course and i am truly grateful for all the hard work the staff put into make this such an enjoyable experience.

The security at this college is very good as I have always felt safe coming onto the campus. They smile all the time and you can have a laugh with them. Even though they always tell me to take my hat off I have a good relationship with the welfare officers especially Dan here and are thankful for such nice people to be looking after me here at BMet.

Nice college, free wifi however the teachers are kinda lazy and don't help much as everything is online. Overall, it is manageable and not too unpleasant. I'm vegan!

It is a very well established college with great facilities and very kind and friendly staff and teachers who helped me a lot during my three years stay at the college.

Great place to study, all the teachers are very helpful and provide excellent rescources to learn from. James Mathias especially is a great psychology teacher who has helped me tremendously through my time at the college.

so students where forced to leave the sutton coldfeild because on unfair grading because they wern't british?
getting marked down, when they had the same answers as the other british students?
how discrasful, i guess racism will never die.

I feel really safe at college security is tight especially dan firm but fair mint college customer service is great and always willing to help pleasure being here teachers are a great help they give us the correct education we need!

This college is racist. I was called racial names by other students. Plus the way they deliver vocational courses is terrible. I had to end up paying for the second year because all of a sudden, government funding was withdrawn. This is one awful college. They have no respect for their students, especially ethnic minority students. Just put up a sign and say Only White Students if you are so bothered by ethnic minorities.

The student welfare team an Dan have really helped me through some difficult times here at Sutton college, my tutors have also been very supportive, I feel once I walk into Sutton campus I feel I walk into a relaxed environment which is important because if it wasn t, I wouldn t have stayed on my course. Currently doing health and social care, I can t express how much college Sarah and dan have helped me :)

I'm currently in my second year of forensic science, these two years have been the best years I remember in education. My experiences in secondary school left me without faith in education, and I had no intention of continuing to university. Now I do all work to the best of my ability and have been offered and unconditional place at the university of Lincoln. All of my teachers have helped massively to encourage me and help with any problems I have had, this has helped me become much more confident and determined. I'm very grateful for everyone in the college for being so supportive and friendly during my time here.

Good staff and friendly
Easy to understand and helphful people attending and teaching college

I have been a student here since September 2016 and i have found that my experience has been very welcoming and safe environment thanks to security guard Dan who has helped me a lot since starting at the college !!!

Very dissatisfied with the lack of inadequate communication at this college! I was hoping to enrol for an Access course in Social Science. I attended the taster day back in March 2017 completed both Maths & English initial assessment, had a 1-1 interview, and was given a conditional offer. I thoroughly enjoyed what the college had to offer. Everything seemed great, right? (For now at least) Few months past... and I then got a letter saying that I needed to attend on the 16th August to enrol officially. (Great!) However; upon arrival they were no relevant tutors there, so they couldn't enrol me 'properly' - fair enough. I was told to come back the following Monday (21st August) yet again the exact same incident occurred! By now my patience was growing thin. Third time lucky! and the tutors were there on hand to offer advice; they informed me they'd stoped the Access to Social Science course due to insufficient numbers of people attending last year. Apparently it was a 'last minute decision'. Unfortunate for me. My point is due to poor communication this could have been avoided. Instead I wasted a lot of my time and effort. It also left me in a predicament for a brief while; as I had to find another college that provides the same course. Not good enough, sort it out. Please!

Courses are overpriced for the level of teaching. I'll point out a few cons with this college:
- Classroom aren't big enough.
- Teachers are lazy and rely on slides on a big screen.
- The security seem to harass a lot of the students.
- The fire procedure, is ridiculous.
- The computers are slow and to access your work requires a password which never works.
-Also, not a lot of information is shared about courses till after you've enrolled.

This college has great resources, some teachers Wre especially helpful and strive for success- such as James Mathias and Dave Latham. Overall, over the past two years I've had a good experience.

I attended Sutton college and left there after having studied english language, law and psychology which gave me all of the skills I needed to gain a place in Aberystwyth university studying psychology. I believe the education I recieved there really did create a solid foundation for my later success. The staff employed there are simply wonderful and really care about teaching and making a difference to the lives of their students. My time at Sutton College changed my life for the better and gave me memories I'd never want to forget.

Not a good place to be..... awful teaching and stubborn too.

When i went for the interview the people where so friendly

This is from a student who has been at the college for 2 years, 1st year doing A-levels, this year doing BTEC because of grades/teacher issues (more to that in a while).

Interview process:
1 word: Chaos. The system itself was confusing to the staff, who were supposed to be trained with the system. Staff were really apologetic about the system, but nevertheless, eventually i had gotten my ID card and timetable (the good stuff).
2nd year interview process was terrible. Let's begin with the good... Dagen being awesome. There we go. Now for the bad - due to my grades - which i admit are to an extent my fault (teachers fault too due to timetable changes and teacher changes etc. etc.) i had to wait for a senior manager to come and give the a-okay for the interview to go ahead. That step alone took forever. Whilst waiting, I saw staff being put under massive stress because the system - yet again - wasnt properly ready or the staff weren't trained to deal with the actual system. When a manager eventually came along he was very confusing and eventually confused me to the point of asking my mom - who was working at the time - to come to college and help me out as i was confused as to what they were trying to do (They didnt explain the course level properly and got me confused because a friend was on the course i wanted to be on with worse grades and no-one explained it was BTEC at the time.). So after 30mins of waiting for my mum, me and a friend who had already done his interview in the space of 5-10mins talked about how the systems were getting slower and slower. After my mum arrived, the manager had dissapeared for 10mins, and when i found him, he explained a tiny bit of what was going on and then he had to go, meaning Dagen - awesome guy - had to come all the way from Birmingham to explain to me what the course was and everything - because apparently it was really difficult for a manager with access to the entire college network and the internet to find out course information. It then took 20mins to do the next steps (timetable and ID card) before i could finally go home and curl up in a corner to cry.

Campus:
Computers are... rubbish. Dedicated ICT rooms have worst computers than in the LRC (Library area). Running on 2gig RAM and a Pentium processor for coding and database management (for my classes) does not equal a happy nor fun time for me. In the LRC, they have 8gig RAM and even i5/i7 processors (Latest generation of processors (6th gen)).
The hallways are mostly alright, with some minor complaints about the whole building layout, but its too late to change that.

Teachers are mostly good, one in particular - Dagen - is amazing when it comes to being organised and being helpful, he makes it a point to be there for the students, and doesnt tolerate system failures - he even goes to the lengths of teaching lessons himself even though he's the head of ict for 3 campuses (unsure if it's 3...). But that's this year. Last year, history was a mess. We had a really nice teacher for about 2 months, then it went "alley-oop" into the rubbish bin, teacher after teacher, all replacing each other, until Tracey came and "saved" us. Whilst she is an amazing teacher (and she does know her stuff), the lessons were completely messed up because of all the timetable issues and all of the teacher changes.

Fire procedures are shabby to begin with; one fire alarm is constantly beeping because maintenance staff aren't changing it's batteries, and the actual fire drills are unorganised. Just last month we had a fire drill which no-one knew about... Because a student (they still dont know who) pressed the fire button. Fire drills (the actual ones) are coreagraphed poorly - the staff and students are forced into a funnel, because one fire exit isn't properly maintained or used by either.

The college is great and it provides all the help you need

Stephen Nicholls is the heart of the college. He is a fantastic sociology teacher and is a great tutor aswell!

It is a great college, all students are heard and all courses are tailored to each individual.

I'd recommend you study here because the teachers and tutors provide immense support which is significantly necessary for an A-level student.

Male teachers in this college are not friendly at all! Especially business teachers! They think they are all that.I was going to report a teacher from there but then I thought there is no point coz at the end of the day the head of college begs to weird teachers to stay. I was really disappointed they talk in a way which will make you slap in their face 100 times! FIX UP BMC TEACHERS

HAHAHA OML don't go here . Please I urge you not to for any course the teachers here have no idea and the staff are so rude and clueless. Never ever seen such a dire excuse for a college and I've been to Bournville College before so trust me when I say this don't waste your time the place is a dive full of complete idiotic tutors and further more the area isn't too good.